588 358. Rubus. 60. DRYADE.E. Pl.ex.cal. 



Stem, upright, round, aculeately hispid ; leaflets pointed, 

 unequally serrated; corolla white, small; fruit odorous, 

 blood-coloured. — Fruit used in dcsei'ts, and to flavour tarts, 

 Avines, and spirits. 



^. albiis. Fruit white. 



Fam.XXVI. 61. ULMARIiE. 



Calyx free, persisting, 5-parted; petals inserted on the 

 calyx, mostly 5 ; stamens indefinite, inserted under the 

 petals; ovaries free, definite, 1 -styled; capsules or camares 

 as many as the ovaries, 1 or many-seeded ; perisperm ; 

 corculum straight; radicle above. — Leaves alternate. 



359. SPIRiEA. Theophrastus. Spircea. 



Calyx spreading, 5-cut; petals 5; ovaries 3 to 12 ; cap- 

 sules 1 -celled, 2-valved; seeds 1 to 3, on the inner suture 

 of the capsules. 



a. Spiraea. Stem shruhly. 



1. Spircea salicifolia. Willow-leaf spir tea . 

 Leaves oblong, serrated, bald ; racemes twice-com- 

 pounded. 



Spiraaa Tlieophrasli, Ger. em. 1601. 

 Spiraea salicifolia, Lin. S. P. 700, 



Mock viillow. 



Damp woods and hedges; shrub; July. 



Stem 4 feet high ; branches stiff, bald ; leaves alternate, 

 bald on both sides ; racemes solitary, upright ; bractecB linear, 

 solitary; Jlowers reddish white, 



b. Filipendula. Stem herliaceous j camares 1 2, in a circle, 



2. Spircea vulgaris. Common spircea. 

 Leaves interruptedly pinnate; leaflets uniform, ovate, 



oblong, serrated, bald ; Jlowers panicled, corymbose. 



Filipendula, Baii Syn. 259, ] ; Oer. em. 1058, 1 ; Park. 434. 

 Spiraea Filipendula, JAn. S. P. 702. 

 Common dropwort. Filipendula, 



Chalky or sandy pastures; perennial; July. 



Root woody, tuberculous; tubercles elliptical; stem 12 in. 

 high ; flowers many, yellowish or reddish white. — Tubercles 

 nutritive. 



^. plena. Flo wen double. 



